Mother's Day Post

Hello Folks! Incase anyone still checks, I thought I would give you an update. It is six weeks post-op today and it truly feels like yesterday. By that I mean that although I have come along way, we can remember and recount stories like it was yesterday. We do retell the stories alot because it was/is such an awesome experience. We usually laugh while doing so because I am on the other side of this. I have seen some posts and emails from friends who have had their own health crisises whom are now survivors, and it is inspiring. I have friends who are going through crisis now and I can only pray for their difficulties and discomfort to be behind them soon.
At six weeks Post-op we are to be resuming some normal activity. Indeed, I signed up for a field trip to NASA in Houston with Kristen's GT class. I don't know what I was thinking, except that I signed up one week prior to surgery at a time when I thought that I would heal in half the time that it would take most humans. Well, I went on Monday, and it has taken me twice as long to recover from the venture with a bus full of gifted and talented kids (although i'm quite sure Bastrop ISD uses this program to offload all the ADHD kids as well - actually, the two are probably synonymous...) as a normal parent, in other words two days vs. one. Herein lies a problem I am having: I may have a new respect for K's teachers as I observe the amount of patience and creativity required to deal with the children, but my awareness that it is taking me twice as long to recover from this surgery as the doctors said is a bitter pill for me to swallow. Although I pride myself on creativity, I have never been known to have a lot of patience. Right now I am being asked to draw on a resource I don't feel I've ever had, especially when it comes to my own progress. Luckily, Chris talks me thru it. Luckily, I remember prayer. Luckily, my friends come and put some patience into a decanter which we all drink from. Anyway, it was a rough week with cyclical emotions but I am able to see the bright side again. Here's to an optimistic week for all! Happy Mother's Day!